78th Street & 37th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 78th Street and 37th Avenue is in Jackson Heights, Queens, and is also named Julio Rivera Corner by local law. It lies inside the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jackson Heights Post Office is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about six minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them religious buildings, and 76 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Roosevelt Av/78 St · Q32, Q33
Within a walk
9 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
78th Street & 37th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.3 miles
    7 E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …
Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.3 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passage” (2004) by Tom Patti at the Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/78 St, 800 feet away, for the Q32 and Q33.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/78 St Q32, Q33
    800 feet
    Q32 Q33

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 69 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 79 St & 37 Ave 21 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 35th Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 35-58 72nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Julio Rivera Corner, a co-naming enacted on April 17, 2000 (Local Law 20 of 2000).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the Japanese zelkova.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Julio Rivera Corner.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 54 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and July 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 78th Street (west side).

North side of 37th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 37th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 78th Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 11PM-7AM ALL DAYS

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 464425, 464806, 464807 and 467194.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 126 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-American Garden Home, and mostly built between 1921 and 1927.

  1. (former) Queensboro Corporation Headquarters Designated landmark
    220 feet
  2. Public School No. 69 Designated landmark
    230 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 069 Jackson Heights School
    340 feet
  2. Udi Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    920 feet
  3. Renaissance Charter School
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. BWY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Heights Library
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jackson Heights Post Office Landmark · listed historic place
    160 feet
  2. Older adult center at 37-06 77th Street Older adult center
    380 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    60 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    100 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    720 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,270 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 76 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 37th Avenue or 78th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.